I have been using this sim card for over 5 years already and today when i turn on my phone it no longer detects the sim card, so i tried putting another sim card and it works. Then i checked the sim card and it heavily scratched as i have been changing several phones already in the past, i asked my network operator but they say i have to pay them $20 to issue an new sim card. I think it too expensive, just wondering does anybody know a way that i can try to get my sim back to life? Thanks in advance.
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there is no way ... just change sim card
ravichandrabr said:
there is no way ... just change sim card
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I agreed with Ravi there is no other option available and if you are paying for your monthly recurring charges your charges will be deducted unless your not using the service so just purchase the new sim card.
Agreed, a new sim card is probably best. Theres surely a way they can port your number across etc.
As everybody else said, no way to fix this card..
I had the same problem and just took a new one and replaced it..
This is the only way to be 100% sure that the card will survive another 5 years
With my carrier "3" in Aus, I can just drop in to any 3 store and grab an empty sim, and make a call to customer support to activate it. Its all free. and I've done it a couple of times.
if you need to get the contacts or any other stored data off of it
you can clean it with a pink eraser...GENTLY...
if you have friends in the electronics industry they can get you a thin conductive tape for repairing traces in circuit boards its only good for a very short time too &&&& it must be cut into tiny pieces for each pad of the sim cards pattern
get your data off the darn thing anD GO GET A NEW sim card.
my wife's company sells similar cards to these they are worth about $1 each up to about $7 each fully programmed and printed in fancy colours etc... but bought by the box lot.
you want 1 and don't want the company to make any money on these?
they do have to pay
shipping, handling, duties, taxes, distribution, and the wages of the pimply faced teenager at the store to get it out and hand it to you (10 minutes)
all before they see any profit from your transaction...oops forgot the Visa/interact fee's (3%-ish)
im not complaining its just that $20 doesn't go very far these days
there is frugal and then there is frugal.. this is neither
you can buy a magic simcard and clone that simcard to the new one. they sell them at dealextreme.com for like $6. i dunno if its legal or not where you live.
^dont try this with multiple devices at the same time though. your carrier will track you down.
this one should work:
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.12425
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took my phone apart to replace the digitizer and when re-assembling the housing, I pinched the cable to the sd card reader and now theres a hole in it and the phone constantly shows "removed sd card"
this is the part i need, its the pcb board thats in the "chin" of the phone.
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Have you checked ebay for broken G1's? You might have better luck on there. Another thing I might try is calling tmobile and try to get someone who has authority to sell a broken G1, I'm sure they have a ton of them with all the people who brick there phones lol.
I have a G1 that I stole the mainboard from to replace a bad one. It was functioning, but had a cracked digitizer. I didnt really have an intention of selling pieces of it, but if I can recover the money I paid and help someone out at the same time, i would sell it. Sending PM....
gospeed.racer do you still have your g1's i need a long coaxil cable for the antenna not the little one the 80mm one if so can you email me a [email protected] thanks ill really appreciate it
Me too, lol.
The earpiece speaker is broken on my G1, I took it apart to see if it was a cable or anything like that but it didn't fix it. Id love to buy that part for $35 if anyone has that laying around. I'm not yet willing to buy a broken G1 for $50+ on ebay. PM me or txt / call 206.801.0359
Dan.
I sent you a PM. I have a friend that had a similar issue, the speaker was crackling. We actually were able to slide it in without disassembling the phone fully. The 3 screws for the lcd that you can get to were enough to gently flex it apart far enough too slip out the old speaker (they are double side taped in) and slip in the replacement. Tricky, but easier than opening the entire phone. Also, it is a good idea to clean the contacts while your in there- it is possible for the contact to get dirty and cause problems.
For the record, as soon as i get another phone to replace my MT3G, my g1 (my daugher is currently using) will be sold for parts. She'll get the MyTouch hand me down. I might be getting a cliq this weekend, so if anybody is interested PM. Id rather trade for any kind of QWERTY phone.
Its rooted, white with newer housing, the camera and gps dont work. Camera/gallery and other camera related apps force close.
part
well, sorry for being too late but my phone has the same problem and i searched around and found this site
globaldirectparts[dot]com/T-Mobile-G1-HTC-Dream-SD-Card-PCB-Board-p/htc730516.htm
but you will need to know how to put it in and have the tools to open your phone
I've taken it in and out a few times without any issues. I've been rooting etc. today so i decided that ill keep the sim in my phone while i get things situated. So, I get things situated, and apparently I've broken it. I don't think its my fault at all... the Sim card just simply will not click into the device. I'm pretty sure its because the mechanism is in "SD Card Inserted" mode, but i have NO IDEA how to fix this. I might just send this back and not get a tablet.
Can anyone help me out/give advice.
edit: NOTE: Yes, I have checked to see if im inserting in the correct orientation. I even checked verizons website for a photo simulation.
The pins on the 7.7 are EXTREMELY sensitive. The same thing happened to mine. I ended up setting up an RMA however I just got an email today from Negri telling me that the unit is considered "damaged" and they will not honor the RMA.
I believe this is a design flaw as there is no reason that normal use with a SIM card should cause this sort of damage.
Has this happened to anyone else? We need to make sure that Samsung is aware of the issue.
I believe majority of us here would recommend you taking it to Samsung for repair. While you might have to part with your beloved device for couple weeks but this is possibly the best option.
If you were planning to send it back for repair, I also recommend you to have them calibrating the electronic compass as well if you found it display incorrect reading like mine, which has almost 90-degree off-course.
Happen to me once, push the sim card with something sharp.
hi !
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Hi, this happened to me last week. I wondered what the hell was going on. The sim would phisically not push down where it once clicked in place.
I only got mine in January. Luckily I got mine from Panamoz with the ï¿¡12 replacement warranty. Sent it back to Panamoz last week and they agreed it was faulty and sent me a brand new one which I received today
Hello,
i have an unlocked Samsung galaxy S4 and I keep getting a no service stop sign (see screenshots) at the top of my device. I cannot make calls nor receive any sms messages. However I can connect and use a 4G network.
Things I tried to solve this:
Use other simcards
Switch network operator
Factory reset
Flash Cyanogenmod
airplane mode on off/restart phone
Send my device to samsung for a repair
None of these things helped me out and I really am stuck here, none of my friends who also have a galaxy S4 and are on the same network have these problems and even the Samsung technicians didn't solve it. please see the screenshots below with my network status.
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Is there anything else i can do to solve this?
Thanks in advance!
Did the Samsung techs explain what they did? I'm assuming they restored the device to stock and weren't able to resolve this. Since you've done virtually everything software related and the problem hasn't been resolved, you need to look at the hardware.
Yes, I was thinking that too... But what hardware problem could this be? The antenna? Are there any guides on what I should do/check?
There aren't any guides I'm aware of. The two easiest fixes on the S4 are the antenna wire and the SIM card tray. I'm more inclined to believe your SIM card tray is the culprit here, as you are getting 4G signals that you wouldn't get if your antenna was bad. You have tried different SIM cards and had the same result, so we can rule out the SIM itself as the problem. I'd replace the SIM card tray. Replacements are inexpensive at about $10USD off Amazon and replacing the tray is about the easiest thing one can do on the S4.
When you do the replacement, the new tray likely will not have the rubber pad on top of the motherboard connector that the original has. Simply peel the rubber pad off the old tray and put it on top of the new tray's connector. This ensures the connector doesn't loosen during use.
Hey Mi Lover and other engineers!
You must deal with this problem have
The solution is simple
Without using special equipment
Only the amount of glue!
You must do the following steps in order to get the correct result
1- Pull out the metal part of the SIM card with razor blade
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2- Stick SIM card with amount of glue! (just a little!)
attention:
1- This work is very delicate so cut the around of sim card carefully with razor. (careful dont cut ur hand )
2- dont use amount of glue to stick sim card to sd card. (if u use a lot of glue the height of sd card will be increase and u cant placed sim's slot!
3- It's better use 3G sim card to do it (the IC's are smaller than 4G) if you use 4G press and smash edge of sim card to sleep on the sd card!
4- and last guidance is use 128gig smartphone it's difficult way if u are impatient!
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Thanks, tried with 4g sim and 64gb sandisk and works well. Used for 2 weeks now without any trouble.
Only the problem is I managed to put them in... it was hard to do so as it was thicker 4g sim. I used little force.
Now I worry how will I get them out (haven't tried yet)
Edit: After another week I tried to pull sim tray out and it came out ok.
Don't try this, I ruined my SD card as well as the SIM card. This works great, why take the risk?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Nano-SIM-Ca...677615?hash=item4b0faf0d2f:g:WlwAAOSw5cNYgc~V
Well I have broken two sim cards when trying to install this way, all was in pretty good visual condition (not so ugly as above) and fits perfectly in the bed with sd card. Seems that sim card is very sensitive to any pressure when is "naked", but this extender is maybe some ugly solution.
The extender fits in my (flip cover) case without any problem and so the SIM card is very well hidden, you can't see or feel it. If you only use a silicon case you will slighty feel a little bump where the SIM card is attached.
dio62000 said:
The extender fits in my (flip cover) case without any problem and so the SIM card is very well hidden, you can't see or feel it. If you only use a silicon case you will slighty feel a little bump where the SIM card is attached.
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does it still work at android 8? a lot of people can't get pass it now.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s9/help/sim-card-tray-slot-problem-to-sim-card-t3822368
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does it still work at android 8? a lot of people can't get pass it now.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s9/help/sim-card-tray-slot-problem-to-sim-card-t3822368
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I don't know, on my Mi Max I'm still on Android 7 (using GlobeROM). On my Samsung Note 7 however, I'm using a custom ROM on Android 8 in which this option of simultaneously using 2SIM & SD was made available again (I thought Samsung had blocked this option, but it seems Android 8 is doing that...). So, I guess developers might know how to bypass this.
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I don't know, on my Mi Max I'm still on Android 7 (using GlobeROM). On my Samsung Note 7 however, I'm using a custom ROM on Android 8 in which this option of simultaneously using 2SIM & SD was made available again (I thought Samsung had blocked this option, but it seems Android 8 is doing that...). So, I guess developers might know how to bypass this.
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sigh not sure if i want to jailbreak just for this
so far i haven had the need for jail break
i feel android have enough apps to do almost anything
hi i activated my sim card after losing my other one and now i get this weird stop sign hopefully u guys know how to fix it does not recognize the sim card aswell
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i rooted my phone but it is now back to factory settings and stock rom
guitarpunkmasta said:
hi i activated my sim card after losing my other one and now i get this weird stop sign hopefully u guys know how to fix it does not recognize the sim card aswell
i rooted my phone but it is now back to factory settings and stock rom
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is it the same carrier as before
just because you rooted does not make your device sim unlocked for any carrier
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is it the same carrier as before
just because you rooted does not make your device sim unlocked for any carrier
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yes its the same carrier i just went to the shop and activated it then went home and put it in i even tried my old S7 and it worked on there the only thing i can think of is that the card slot is damages as i thought the sim card that i lost might have been stuck inside the phone but im pretty sure i didnt damage it
if i cant fix this ill go back to my provider tommorow
guitarpunkmasta said:
yes its the same carrier i just went to the shop and activated it then went home and put it in i even tried my old S7 and it worked on there the only thing i can think of is that the card slot is damages as i thought the sim card that i lost might have been stuck inside the phone but im pretty sure i didnt damage it
if i cant fix this ill go back to my provider tommorow
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I have had now several issues with broken sim trays and sims getting stuck in mine was your tray damaged at all?
the icon you are seeing. Is a no service icon so you know:good:
I have seen people with issues and sim trays and slots that could be a issue
guitarpunkmasta said:
yes its the same carrier i just went to the shop and activated it then went home and put it in i even tried my old S7 and it worked on there the only thing i can think of is that the card slot is damages as i thought the sim card that i lost might have been stuck inside the phone but im pretty sure i didnt damage it
if i cant fix this ill go back to my provider tommorow
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Take a nice bright flashlight and shine down the port and see if it's in there. In was able to see mine
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Take a nice bright flashlight and shine down the port and see if it's in there. In was able to see mine
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alright thank you i will try that
right i downloaded sam mobiles one and it is activated now thanks
guitarpunkmasta said:
right i downloaded sam mobiles one and it is activated now thanks
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nice good job and find:good::good::good: